Ironing and wall table



April 21, 931. a. J. TRILLER momma AND WALL TABLE Filed May 19, 1927 I2 gw BEAM/Wm J. Tk/LLER Patented Apr. 21, 1931 UNITED STA BENJAMIN J/TRILLER, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA IRONING AND WALL, TABLE Application fi1ed May 19,

This invention relates to improvements in combined cabinet ironing boards and tables, and particularly to a table designed to cooperate with a cabinet of an ironing board.

s Recently, cabinet ironing boards have The primary object of the present invention is to provide a table top which may be interlocked with the door or cabinet'or one of said panel members, or which may be interlocked with both the door or cabinet, and one of said panel members, and form anauxiliary tablefor use in a kitchen or 553 the like. Y V v A further objectof-the invention is to provide a table top for this purpose, formed of folding leaves, which, when folded, may be stored in a relatively. small space. Another object is to furnish novel means for interlocking the table top to the door or cabinet.

Vith the foregoing-objects outlined and with other objects in view which will ap- F pear as the description proceeds, the invention consistsin the novel features hereinafter set forth in detailpillustrated in the accompanying drawing,*- and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

' Referringto-the drawing,

Fig.1 is a front view ofa wall cabinet ironing board, partly broken away, and illustrating the type of cabinet ironing board with which the improved table top may be 49 combined. i

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same with the door panels in position to support the ironing board or table top, and with parts of the ironing board broken away 45 to facilitate illustration.

Fig. 3 1s a top plan view of the table top, and'illustrating the manner in which i it is attached to the cabinet.

Fig. 4E is a verticalsectional view of a 59 detail taken on line 4 -4.-of Fig. 3.

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Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of the cabinet and illustrating a modified form of locking device for securing the panel sections in closed position.

In the drawing, 1 and 2' designates the side bars, and 3 and 4; the top and bottom cross rails, respectively of a cabinet which is adapted to be secured on the face of a wall 5, or imbedded in the latter. The space between the parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 forms a compartment to receive an ironing board (3, while the latter is stored.

, Each of said bars is provided with a vertical groove '7, forming, guides for a follower 8. The latter, slides vertically in the guides and is preferably formed of heavy wire. The upper endof the follower is pivotally connected at 9 to the lower end of the ironing board, and the sides of the follower have shoulders 10 to engage stops 11 which block the grooves 7 at one point. Each of these stops is provided with a notched metal protector 12, cut from its opposite ends to formtongues 13 which are bent into the grooves and engage the upper and lower surfaces of the stop 1l.-

The bridge bar 14: spans the upper portion of the space between the side bars 1 and 2, and has its ends countersunk in and secured to the side bars by any suitable means, such as screws 15. This bridge bar functions as an abutment for the upper end of the ironing board, when the latter is stored, and it protects the wall or rear surface of the ironing board compartment against nnpacts imparted by the ironing board while the latter is being placed in vertical position.

The ironing board compartment is closed 2 by adoor 17 made up of an upper panel 18 and a lower panel 19. The lower panel is pivotally connected to the bottom rail 4 by v means of hinges 20 which permits that panel to swing outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2. 7

Hinges2l are arranged on the inner sides of the panel members and pivotally con-- nect the same, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the upper panel 18 may be swung into a horizontal position.

The upper panel is provided at its upper end with a pair of metal guide members 22, secured to the panel by screws 23 or the like, and provided with oppositely extending fingers 2a. which slide in the guides 7. Then the members 22 are in their uppermost position, they occupy recesses 25, cut in the'top rail tl, and when they are in their lowest position, the pins 2% occupy the upper notches of the protectors 1 2 of the stops 1T1. 5

Spring clips 16, of any suitable construc tion, are secured to the rear side of the upper panel, and they engage pins 10a on the side bars '1 and 2 for detachably securing the oanels in closed position. n

The upper panel is provided at its lower end with an operating knob 26, and for the purpose of describing the operation, we will now assume that the parts are in't-he position shown in Fig.1. \Vith the elements thus positioned, the operator grasps the knob 26 and pulls thesame outwardly. This causes the pins 2-l to slide downwardly in the grooves 7 until they engage the stops 11, and at such time, the panel members 18 and 19 will be in the position shown in Fig. 2, and it may then act as a support either for the ironing board (3,01' for the table top 27 which'willbc described in detail hereinafter. Assuming now that the table top does not rest upon the panel 18, and that it is desired to use the ironing board; the operator grasps the upper end oi'the board and pulls the same slightly forward. The board is then raised upwardly until the shoulders 10 of its follower-(engages the stops 11. Then the board is swung in a clock-wise direction to bring the same into a horizontal position on the panel 1.8. In this position, the knob 26 occupies a recess 28 in the under side of the board, and this interlocking means prevents the board from moving laterally while it is iii service positi'on.

tabinct ironing boards of the typejust described, are now well knoi 2nd in'the present invention, the details 'tizcreot have been imyn-oved, and in addition, the table top 27 is combined therewith in a novel manner.

his table top may be formed'in any desired way, falling within the spirit of the invention, but it is preferred to make the same of a pair of leaves 29 and it hinged together at 31 by counter-sunk hinges, the upper surfaces of which lie flush with the upper surface of the leaves when the latter are unfolded. The top 27 has a reduced extension arranged at one end, and of a width substantially equal to the width of the interior of the ironing board compartment, so that when this extension is inserted between the side bars 1 and and against from moving laterally. The top may be interlocked with the cabinet in any suitable manner, but it is preferred to use the following instrumentalities. The side bars are provided with screw eyes 33 to receive hooks Ell which are pivotally mounted at in recesses 36 in the top 27. These elements detachably connect the top to the side bars 1 and 2, and in order to secure the top to the panel 18, each leat is provided at its inner edge with a recess 36, as shown in Fig. 4:, to receive the head 37 of the knob 26. These recesses have threads 38 on their under sides to engage the bottom of the head 37, and to thus prevent the table top from being pulled away from the panel 18, as long as the leaves 29 and are in the 'full open position. The leaves have shallower recesses 39 to receive the stem 40 of the knob.

It is obvious that the cabinet may be made sufficiently roomy to house the top 27, or the top may be stored in any other suitable place, and while the top is in service position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 2-3, it may be used as a. kitchen table or as a (lining table.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the spring clips 10 and the pins 16:1. with which they c001 crate, are to be eliminated, and the knob 26 is modified so that it will ellect the locking and unlocking oi the panels. To this end, a knob 26/1 is swivelled in the upper panel 18a, and its stem provided with oppositely extending arms 26?). Each of these arms is pivotally connected to a sliding bolt 260, the end of which is adapted to enter a hole 26 5 in the side bars of the cabinet.

Obviously, when the knob is turned in a counter clock-wise direction, the bolts 260 will be withdrawn from the holes 26d, and the panels may then be pulled forwardly.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction, operations and advantages of the invention may be readily understood, and it is apparent that changes may be made in the details disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the claims.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a structure of the character described, a cabinet having vertical guides, a closure for the cabinet provided with guide elements working in said guides, stops associated with said guides, andmetal protectors for the stops, including substantially H-sha-ped plates havingtongues arranged at angles thereto, and engaging said stops, certain of said tongues forming ab'utments for the guide elements of said closure.

2. In a structure of the character described, a stop, and a metal protector for the stop, said protector consisting of a sheet the ironing board, the top will be prevented metal plate having rearwardly extending tongues, and notches positioned adjacent to said tongues.

8. In a structure of the character described, a flat support having an element projecting above the same, a top resting on the upper surface of said support, and formed of leaves, hinges separate from the support and hingedly connecting said leaves, the adjacent edges of said leaves being provided with means to automatically interlock with said projecting element when the leaves are fully opened on the support.

4. In a structure of the character de scribed, a cabinet having a closure formed of hinged sections adapted to be moved into a position to form a support, a table top resting on one of said sections, and manually operated means arranged forwardly of said cabinet for connecting the top to said cabinet.

5. In a structure of the character described, a support member, and a table top member, one of said members being provided with a knob, and the other formed of hinged leaves having recesses to receive and interlock with said knob.

6. A table top for use with cabinet ironing boards and the like, comprising a pair of leaves hinged together and each provided with a reduced extensionadapted to extend into an ironing board cabinet or the like, the meeting edges of the leaves being recessed on their under sides to interlock with a knob or the like when the leaves are unfolded.

7. In a structure of the character described, a cabinet including a body and a door formed of upper and lower sections, means hingedly connecting the lower edge of the lowersection to the body, means hingedly connecting thesections together, means slidablyconnecting the upper edge of the upper section to the body, said sections being adapted to be moved into a position in which the upper section lies in a horizontal position to form a support, a table top rest ing on the upper section and having an extension projecting into the body, means for detachably interlocking. the top to the body, and means for detachably interlocking the top to'said upper section. a

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

BENJAMIN J. TRILLER. 

